Antonyms for tele-visions


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : tel-uh-vizh-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛl əˌvɪʒ ən


Definition of tele-visions

Origin :
  • 1907, "the action of seeing by means of Hertzian waves or otherwise, what is existing or happening at a place concealed or distant from the observer's eyes" [OED]; in theoretical discussions about sending images by radio transmission, formed in English or borrowed from French télévision, from tele- + vision. Other proposals for the name of this then-hypothetical technology were telephote (1880) and televista (1904). The technology was developed in the 1920s and '30s. Nativized in German as Fernsehen.
  • Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everyone and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. [Clive Barnes, "New York Times," Dec. 30, 1969]
  • Meaning "a television set" is from 1955. Shortened form TV is from 1948.
  • As in video : adj related to the televised image
  • As in media : noun communication by publication or broadcast
  • As in television : noun visual and audio entertainment transmitted via radio waves
  • As in boob tube : noun television set
  • As in idiot box : noun television set
  • As in mass media : noun communications industry
  • As in broadcasting : noun informing via electronic media
  • As in receiver : noun device for receiving
  • As in electronics : noun electronic devices

Synonyms for tele-visions

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